User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities

Niki Lambropoulos, Niki Lambropoulos; Panayiotis Zaphiris9781599043593, 1-59904-359-9, 1599043580, 1599043602

This book is anchored in the concept that information technology empowers and enhances learners’ capabilities adopting a learning summit on using the machine for the augmentation of human intellect for productivity, improvement, and innovation at individual, organizational, societal, national, and global levels

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Table of contents :
Title Page……Page 2
Copyright Page……Page 3
Table of Contents……Page 4
Foreword……Page 8
Preface……Page 10
Acknowledgments……Page 16
Section I: UCD for Quality in Online Learning Communities……Page 17
Ch I: User-Centered Design of Online Learning Communities……Page 18
Ch II: Did We Become a Community? Multiple Methods for Identifying Community and Its Constituent Elements in Formal Online Learning Environments……Page 46
Ch III: User-Centered Design Principles for Online Learning Communities: A Sociotechnical Approach for the Design of a Distributed Community of Practice……Page 71
Ch IV: Quality Models of Online Learning Community Systems: Exploration, Evaluation and Exploitation……Page 88
Section II: Analysis and Design of Online Learning Communities……Page 118
Ch V: Designing Online Learning Communities to Encourage Cooperation……Page 119
Ch VI: Videoconferencing Communities: Documenting Online User Interactions……Page 139
Ch VII: Online Communities of Practice as a Possible Model to Support the Development of a Portal for Science Teachers……Page 158
Ch VIII: Developing Evidence-Based Criteria for the Design and Use of Online Forums in Higher Education in Hong Kong……Page 178
Section III: Evaluation and Case Studies……Page 202
Ch IX: Evaluation: A Link in the Chain of Sustainability……Page 203
Ch X: Tools and Methods for Supporting Online Learning Communities and Their Evaluation……Page 232
Ch XI: Evaluation of Attitudes Towards Thinking and Learning in a CALL Web Site Through CMC Participation……Page 255
Ch XII: Evaluation of an Online Community: Australia’s National Quality Schooling Framework……Page 282
Ch XIII: Iterative Design and Evaluation of a Web-Based Experimentation Environment……Page 303
Ch XIV: Understanding Participation in Online Courses: A Case Study of Online Interaction……Page 331
Ch XV: Exploring the Influence of Instructor Actions on Community Development in Online Settings……Page 358
Ch XVI: Promotion of Self-Assessment for Learners in Online Discussion using the Visualization Software……Page 382
About the Authors……Page 404
Index……Page 415